Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

The situation in Nanming was instantly in danger.

At this moment, the staff of Lixian Hall once again offered Shi Kefa a vicious plan:

The Yellow River is an above-ground river. The influx of large amounts of sediment made the river bottom higher and higher, and the court had to build a Yellow River embankment.

Especially in Huai'an - the river bottom is already several feet higher than Huai'an City.

In the north of Huai'an City, there is a "D" shaped Yellow River channel, which is called "Gaoyan."

Huai'an has a high terrain, while Yangzhou has a low terrain, and there are canals to guide the water. The water from the north will inevitably flow towards Yangzhou, and there is no need to dig canals.

Therefore, as long as the Gaoyan embankment is dug, the water of the Yellow River can sweep away the Qing army.

If there was only water from the Yellow River, how many Qing troops could survive?

The counselors of the Lixian Hall were thinking of one way to completely eradicate it - a poisonous plan!

They even used the Huaihe River.

This section of the Yellow River actually takes away the existence of the channel at the mouth of the Huaihe River.

The Huaihe River has no outlet and can only flow into Hongze Lake.

As a result of the Huaihe River with abundant water volume becoming an inland river, Hongze Lake became larger and larger. In the Ming Dynasty, there were countless records of Hongze Lake flooding.

The counselors of Lixian Hall suggested that the Yellow River and Huaihe River should be dug at the same time!

By then, the two giant rivers had converged and flowed south along the canal...

Not to mention Dorgon's 30-strong army, even if another zero is added, it will all be gone!

however……

Shi Kefa’s righteous words:

"The people are the most valuable, followed by the country and the country. This plan will only hurt the enemy, but Huaiyang will be a fish and turtle first, so don't allow it!"

Shi Kefa refused again...

The counselors of the Lixian Hall came up with another plan——

Yangzhou's terrain is low, and the Qing army occupying Jingui Mountain can directly bombard the entire city.

Shi Kefa's strategic position is seriously threatened.

In this case, it is better to abandon Yangzhou!

Twenty miles outside Yangzhou City, there is a large mountain forest. As long as they occupy this area, the Qing army can only attack them from their backs. In this way, they can get twice the result with half the effort.

however……

Shi Kefa still refused.

The Nanming Army became increasingly frustrated.

At this time, although Dorgon swallowed the armies of Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Zhang Tianfu, Zhang Tianlu and others, the artillery transportation was slow and it still did not reach Yangzhou at this time.

Dorgon then sent people to persuade Shi Kefa to surrender.

In fact, it was to buy time for the artillery to arrive.

Duduo successively sent people to recruit Shi Kefa and Huaiyang Governor Wei Yinwen to surrender, but they were all severely rejected.

Dorgon personally wrote a letter urging Shi Kefa to surrender.

Shi Kefa asked his staff to draft a reply.

The staff of the Lixian Hall worked together and wrote an impassioned "Book of Restoration of Dorgon".

In the letter, the Qing Dynasty was originally a border general of the Ming Dynasty, but he conspired to rebel and massacre the world, and was scolded bloody.

It also vividly demonstrates the hypocrisy of the Aisin Gioro family by counting the "Qing heroes" successively killed by the Qing court.

After Shi Kefa looked at it, he shook his head and said:

“Don’t be so harsh in your words, be more tactful and express our grievances.

We still need to persuade Dorgon to fight against the bandits with us! "

Even in this situation, Shi Kefa still had illusions about the Qing army.

In other words, Shi Kefa rejected the correct option several times because he still believed in the Qing court.

He took it upon himself to make major changes, leaving only a few weak sentences such as "Take advantage of my misfortune, give up my love and hatred, and limit this territory."

At the end of the letter, it was revealed that the Qing Dynasty had the illusion of uniting the captives and defeating the invaders. He added -

"It begins with righteousness and ends with benefit, which makes thieves snicker..."

Today, the "rebels" have not been punished by the sky, but the spies have invaded the Western Qin Dynasty...

Fu Qijian's friendship with common enemies and the virtues of Quan Zhongzhi, joined forces to attack, punished Qin Zhong, and jointly took the head of the "rebel"...

Then your country's righteousness will shine through the ages, and this dynasty will repay you with all your strength. From then on, the two countries formed a world-wide alliance, which spread endlessly.

……

Dorgon couldn't help laughing when he saw Shi Kefa's reply:

"Shi Kefa only wants to die!"

"He still wants to join forces with me to deal with the one in the west!" (The original text in history is Li Zicheng)

Shi Kefa's plan was fully known to Dorgon.

Therefore, Dorgon continued to mobilize troops and generals and stepped up the transportation of artillery, but at the same time he and Shi Kefa pretended to be cowardly. (historical fact)

Someone reported that the Yangzhou defenders resisted fiercely and many people died every day.

Dorgon smiled contemptuously:

"There are no reinforcements in Yangzhou. If we continue to besiege it for a few more days, we will be able to capture it."

Shi Kefa wanted to die and still had illusions about forming an alliance with the Qing army. He couldn't hide it from anyone.

Li Qifeng, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Town, and Gao Qifeng, the military supervisor, who had originally firmly entered the Yangzhou War of Resistance, decided to surrender to the Qing army together.

Surrender required a formal declaration, so the two found Shi Kefa and wanted to tie Shi Kefa out of the city.

At this time, there were still tens of thousands of troops fighting fiercely in Yangzhou, and Li Qifeng and his two men only had four thousand righteous civilians.

At this time, Shi Kefa only needed one word to remove their heads.

however--

Shi Kefa said:

“This is the place where I died for my country, what are you going to do?

No matter how you want to be rich, please do it yourself. "

Seeing this, Li Qifeng had no choice but to collude with Sichuan generals Hu Shangyou and Han Shangliang to open the city gate and go out to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

After this incident, the fighting spirit of the soldiers in the city became even more depressed.

The second day of the first lunar month.

Dorgon finally transferred artillery from Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and others.

Especially the dozens of Hongyi cannons, each projectile weighs ten kilograms and four taels!

A whole day of shelling destroyed most of the battlements at the head of the city.

Under the leadership of Liu Zhaoji and others, the defenders filled the breach with soil and used it as a battlement.

That night, a small group of Qing troops climbed up to the top of the city along the pitted city wall, hoping to attack and seize the city at night.

However, they were killed and dispersed by the defenders, and the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.

That night, artillery bombarded the northwest corner of Yangzhou non-stop.

At dawn, this weak point offered by the salt merchant finally collapsed!

Dorgon was overjoyed and placed the Manchu soldiers at the end, the Han army flag and the Mongolian flag in the middle, and the surrendered 10,000+ Ming troops were at the forefront and began to charge!

The narrow gap was full of human heads.

One shot, and there were hundreds of dead bodies.

When Shi Kefa heard the news, he hurriedly climbed to the top of the city to see.

Realizing that the situation was over, he drew his sword and killed himself, but was stopped by Xu Jin, a personal soldier.

Blood splattered on Xu Jin's body.

Everyone was startled and were waiting for persuasion when Shi Kefa ordered Shi Dewei:

"Kill me, kill me!"

Shi Dewei has been adopted as his adopted son, so how can he dare to take action?

Shi Dewei, Xu Jin and others hurriedly led their own soldiers to protect Shi Kefa and retreated into the city.

Liu Zhaoji and others rushed towards the gap with their troops and horses.

The situation has been completely chaotic.

Someone in the city shouted "Shi Gebu is gone", and more soldiers began to retreat in a panic.